src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/RuleTransitionFactory.java


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// Copyright 2017 The Bazel Authors. All rights reserved.
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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package com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages;

import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.config.transitions.PatchTransition;

/**
 * Customizable transition which accepts the rule it will be executing on.
 */
public interface RuleTransitionFactory {
  /**
   * Generates a transition to be used when entering the given rule.
   *
   * <p>This cannot be a
   * {@link com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.config.transitions.SplitTransition} because
   * splits are conceptually a property of the <i>parent<i> rule. In other words, it makes sense for
   * a parent to say "build my deps in configurations A and B". But it doesn't make sense for a dep
   * to say "build myself in configurations A and B" if its parent doesn't know how to intelligently
   * handle the results.
   *
   * <p>If this class determines that no transition should be performed, it should return
   * {@code NoTransition.INSTANCE}.
   */
  PatchTransition buildTransitionFor(Rule rule);
}